Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Sofía Mejías-Pascoe is the deputy news editor for the 2020-2021 school year. She can be reached at sofiamejias@dailynexus.com or news@dailynexus.com

March 11, 2021

Newly Admitted UCSB Honors Students To Lose Priority Registration This Fall

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

About one-fifth of UCSB’s student body currently benefits from priority registration, according to Monday’s announcement.

February 8, 2021

Econ Assistant Professor and Grad Students Publish Report on Campus Police Department Calling for Greater Transparency

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The report was authored by three department members following the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, and later circulated internally among UCSB faculty in the social sciences division.

November 14, 2020

Early Polling Results Show Record Numbers of Youth Voter Turnout Nationwide

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

In light of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, UCSB CALPIRG ramped up voter registration efforts and adapted its normal tactics for online environments.

November 2, 2020

UCSB Denying to Release Data On Pay, Job Positions of Employees of Color

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

UCSB has refused several times to release the information, which the Daily Nexus requested in August through the CPRA.

September 24, 2020

Following Inaugural Director’s Departure, Search for New Director of Office of Black Student Development Underway

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Kareen Louis, the assistant director of the Office of Black Student Development, remains the sole career staff member currently with the office.

August 29, 2020

UCSB Students Describe Their Path to Higher Education, Often Paved by Family’s Sacrifice

By Arturo Martinez Rivera, Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Many students’ journeys to UCSB began not with themselves, but with their parents.

August 27, 2020

Here’s What You Need To Know About I.V. CSD Elections This November

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe, Arturo Martinez Rivera

The openings for the 2020 ballot include two seats with a four-year term and one seat with a two-year term.

August 22, 2020

The “Uphill Fight that the Black Community in America has Constantly Been Fighting Towards”: UCSB and IV Community Speak on Black Lives Matter Movement

By Arturo Martinez Rivera, Sofía Mejías-Pascoe, Katherine Swartz, Holly Rusch, Max Abrams

As protest headlines disappear from mainstream news, it remains unclear how the Black Lives Matter movement has changed, or will change, the community of Isla Vista and UCSB.

July 17, 2020

CSO Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19, Program Suspended until July 31

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Brock initially suspended the program until July 5, but later extended the suspension until the end of July.

July 7, 2020

Academic Council Recommends UC To Defund Police, Ban Police Firearms

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The Academic Council centered the recommendations on statements they received from students and faculty across the UC System about anti-Black police violence.

July 3, 2020

From Four Members to First Place: The Trajectory of UCSB Taara Dance Group

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

In less than a year since the group’s inception in June 2018, the four hopeful members became a winning team of 12 in their dream competition.

July 2, 2020

Santa Barbara County Beaches To Close Fourth of July Weekend

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The beaches will remain open for surfing, swimming, paddleboarding, boogie boarding, kayaking, boating and other active water activities.

June 28, 2020

Case Count in I.V. Reaches Double Digits; Yang Announces Five Additional Cases in UCSB Community

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Five participants in a campus research study focusing on asymptomatic cases of coronavirus tested positive for the virus.

June 7, 2020

UCSB Library Offers Community Perspectives in New COVID-19 Archives Project

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Through a google form on the University Library website, interested participants can answer questions about their coronavirus stories.

May 30, 2020

Close to 1,000 March to Sands Beach for Justice for George Floyd on Saturday

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Floyd’s death — as well as the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade — have ignited protests against violence toward Black people in over a dozen cities.